The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.

Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

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There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our...

There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our...

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the...

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the...

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm

We loved with a love that was more than love.

We loved with a love that was more than love.

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will...

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will...

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to...

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to...

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream...

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream...

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can...

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can...

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it...

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it...

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who...

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who...

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty

Filled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions...

Filled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions...

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall...

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall...

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

Kurt and I weren't the closest of friends, but I knew him well enough to...

Kurt and I weren't the closest of friends, but I knew him well enough to...